Audit and Anti-Fraud Manager

SOHL ASSOCIATES LIMITED; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading audit consultancy in Greater London is seeking an experienced audit manager to oversee internal audit operations. The role involves managing a team, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and conducting fraud investigations. Candidates should have a solid background in audit management and be skilled in training teams. This position offers an opportunity to influence governance and operational effectiveness, ensuring that Council services are delivered efficiently.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing audit teams and conducting investigations
• Ability to ensure compliance with statutory requirements
• Proficient in risk management and fraud detection techniques

Responsibilities

• Organise and review the Audit and Anti Fraud team operations
• Deputise for the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud when required
• Conduct training for team members in fraud detection techniques
• Contribute to the planning and monitoring of audit activities

Skills

Fraud detection

Audit management

Team leadership

Compliance knowledge

Job description

Ensuring effective audit coverage of the Council (Section 151): To manage the continuous internal audit of Council operations, including corporate financial systems, council wide contracts, computer audits, schools, housing benefits and autonomous bodies and also ensuring probity, compliance and value for money in the operation and delivery of Council services and Council funded services.

Ensuring work undertaken in accordance with laid down procedures and statutory requirements: To ensure audits and investigations are undertaken to properly discharge the Director of Finance’s statutory Section 151 responsibility and are in compliance with corporate policy, established procedures, professional guidelines, Accounts and Audit regulations and other legislative requirements placed upon the Council.

Manage and review investigations: To manage and critically review investigations undertaken primarily into Housing Benefit fraud but also into all other irregularities perpetrated against the Council corporately and to carry out more complex, contentious and sensitive investigations.

Main Duties

1. Managing the Audit and Anti Fraud Team: To organise, control and review the efficient and effective operation of the Audit and Anti Fraud team and to maximise opportunities to co-ordinate and integrate the activities of the team.
2. Deputising for the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud as and when required.
3. Training staff: To manage the daily operation of a team(s) of up to twenty members of staff as allocated either on site or at remote locations, training and directing staff in the use of techniques to detect and investigate all forms of fraud and corruption, including staff from other organisations during joint proactive counter fraud operations, audit reviews and staff employed under collaborative working partnerships.
4. Planning and monitoring Audit and Anti‑Fraud work: To contribute to the planning and monitoring of the Audit and Anti Fraud Service and assist production of an annual risk‑based Audit and Anti Fraud Plan which provides assurances for the Director of Finance & Customer Services to enable proper discharge of the Section 151 function ensuring that the areas of the plan under the post holder’s responsibility are delivered within budget managing supporting consultancy work as necessary.
5. Monitoring achievement of Audit / Fraud plan: To assist the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud with preparing operational and strategic service plans and the effective monitoring and performance of those plans to ensure achievement of stated aims and objectives within budget allocation. To provide the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud with regular performance reports on all team members. To prepare the annual statement of Internal Audit which will inform the Council’s Annual Governance Statement.

Candidate will be expected to prepare the annual statement of Internal Audit which will inform the Council’s Annual Governance Statement.